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MK Piston Peak and Villains Land Construction Thread

griffin ferrari

griffin ferrari

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Some quick shots from harbor house
 

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splah

splah

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i assume the answer is probably no because it'd be too much trouble, but wonder if they'd bother saving/relocating some mature trees for the new lands
 
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James Alucobond

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splah said:
i assume the answer is probably no because it'd be too much trouble, but wonder if they'd bother saving/relocating some mature trees for the new lands
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Probably the chunk west of Haunted Mansion and maybe some of what covers that show building, if it's still necessary given the configuration of Villains. I'd guess almost everything else will go.
 
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DrStarlander

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TrainsOfDisney said:
I’m not sure why I never noticed this - that’s a decent size building. Is that all for Q and load or is there space for a dark ride scene?

It almost looks like that building COULD be connected to the mountain structure.

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There are two big challenges Disney is facing with this ride: One is hiding it (and masking the sound) so we can't see/hear it from all the areas around it (Haunted Mansion, Liberty Square, Frontierland...). Two is the risk that an outdoor attraction like this is going to suffer down-time due to being exposed to the weather.

Seems like they could address both these issues by just putting the whole ride in a show building, and surrounding the show building with rockwork like they did for the Frozen attraction in Fantasy Springs. Why even have it outside if they can't leverage the kinetic energy and it's going to likely be inoperable consistently?
 
mergatroid

mergatroid

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DrStarlander said:
There are two big challenges Disney is facing with this ride: One is hiding it (and masking the sound) so we can't see/hear it from all the areas around it (Haunted Mansion, Liberty Square, Frontierland...). Two is the risk that an outdoor attraction like this is going to suffer down-time due to being exposed to the weather.

Seems like they could address both these issues by just putting the whole ride in a show building, and surrounding the show building with rockwork like they did for the Frozen attraction in Fantasy Springs. Why even have it outside if they can't leverage the kinetic energy and it's going to likely be inoperable consistently?
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Is it not the same for every outdoor attraction though? There's plenty in Disney, Universal, Busch and Sea World etc. I don't recall too many complaints about those. In the Summer isn't it around an hour a day on average or similar with the showers.

I get you're reasoning and there's logic to it. I just think that many people enjoy an outdoor element to a ride as it feels 'bigger'.
 
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DrStarlander

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mergatroid said:
Is it not the same for every outdoor attraction though? There's plenty in Disney, Universal, Busch and Sea World etc. I don't recall too many complaints about those. In the Summer isn't it around an hour a day on average or similar with the showers.

I get you're reasoning and there's logic to it. I just think that many people enjoy an outdoor element to a ride as it feels 'bigger'.
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My comment was partly inspired by what I've seen as far as criticism of Epic Universe for having too many attractions exposed to the weather and too much down-time.
 
mergatroid

mergatroid

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DrStarlander said:
My comment was partly inspired by what I've seen as far as criticism of Epic Universe for having too many attractions exposed to the weather and too much down-time.
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I get that but I think the difference there is with it being a brand new park in it's early life, there's not that many attraction there to eat people up when the rain closes down some of their outside attractions. With the MK being a much older and established park that's kind of managed now when it's rained, adding another attraction outdoors is probably less restrictive.

I get your point and an indoor attraction would have less down time but you have to weigh that against the fun people seem to get from outside rides in heavily themed areas so it's a bit of a balancing act.
 
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briangaw

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Not sure if it is related to the Piston Peak and Villains Land construction or not but the timing seems to be. But in @bioreconstructs recent images it appears that a backstage building has been demolished. Do we know what building this was? Any thoughts on what is maybe moving there or why they would want this area now?
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James Alucobond

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briangaw said:
Not sure if it is related to the Piston Peak and Villains Land construction or not but the timing seems to be. But in @bioreconstructs recent images it appears that a backstage building has been demolished. Do we know what building this was? Any thoughts on what is maybe moving there or why they would want this area now?
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I am not an insider, but Google Earthing the still-standing building showed bus-sized parking spots and a series of signs out front, which appear to match other images I found in which the central one reads "Disney Imagination Campus" with marching bands posing in front of it. I'm guessing this was therefore tied into that program and might have served as a staging area for various school groups that participated in parades.
 
danlb_2000

danlb_2000

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briangaw said:
Not sure if it is related to the Piston Peak and Villains Land construction or not but the timing seems to be. But in @bioreconstructs recent images it appears that a backstage building has been demolished. Do we know what building this was? Any thoughts on what is maybe moving there or why they would want this area now?
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Here it is from the CFTOD web site. I also found the permit for this..

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Contrator is H*o*a*r Construciton which is one of Disney's big contractors, and it expires 12/31/2027. Appears to just be a set of trailers, they may me replacing it with a proper building.

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Purduevian

Purduevian

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mergatroid said:
I get that but I think the difference there is with it being a brand new park in it's early life, there's not that many attraction there to eat people up when the rain closes down some of their outside attractions. With the MK being a much older and established park that's kind of managed now when it's rained, adding another attraction outdoors is probably less restrictive.

I get your point and an indoor attraction would have less down time but you have to weigh that against the fun people seem to get from outside rides in heavily themed areas so it's a bit of a balancing act.
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There is also a cost factor to consider... Building a building that large would not be cheap.
 
Goofyernmost

Goofyernmost

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Purduevian said:
There is also a cost factor to consider... Building a building that large would not be cheap.
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Compared to building an attraction the cost of that would be parking meter change to Disney. Hardly worthy of their even discussing it. That would probably be a lower level decision and funding in there already approved budget.
 

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